Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It is located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with the Maldives to the southwest and India to the northwest, and lies across the Bay of Bengal from Bangladesh and Myanmar to the northeast and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India to the east. Its executive and judicial capital is Colombo, which is also its largest city and the political, financial and cultural centre of the country; neighboring Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital. Sri Lanka's population is 22 million. About 74% of the population are Sinhalese, who speak the Sinhala language, and about 15% are Tamils who speak the Tamil language. Other long-established ethnic groups include the Moors, Indian Tamils, Burghers, Malays, Chinese, and Vedda.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Demonym:  Sri Lankan
• Currency:  Sri Lankan Rupee (Rs)
• Legislature:  Parliament
• Anthem:  "Sri Lanka Matha", ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා (Sinhala), தாயே இலங்கை (Tamil)
• Wikidata description:  Island Country In South Asia
• Wikidata label:  Sri Lanka
• Wikidata aliases:  Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka, Taprobane, Serendib, Ceylan, Lk, Lanka, Sri, Sri, Lke, Ce, Srilanka, Sri

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